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THE EVENING STAR
Washington. D. C.
BATCH PAT, JULY 3. 1954 .
Lutheran Bible Schools
The 11 Vacation Bible Schools
conducted last month by Wash
ington area churches of the
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
taught 1,711 students and em
ployed 233 teachers and work
ers. Highest enrollment was at
the school of Trinity Church,
Mount Rainier and Hyattsville,
where 63 teachers and workers
taught 403 youngsters.
Assemblies of God
The 37th annual council of
the Assemblies of God, Potomac
District, will be held Tuesday
through Friday at their camp
meeting grounds on Route 11 be
tween Hagerstown, Md., and
Martinsburg, W.Va.
UNITARIAN
UNION SERVICE ot
J i ALL SOULS’
£ i\ CHURCH
[ em. tfm Sixteenth end
r Horv#r-s t* H - w -
Minister
mm A Powell Dories,
11 a.m.—Dr. Raymond B. Bragg,
Kansas City, Missouri.
"JULY 4, 1976"
The Unitarian' Churches of
Arlington, Virginia, ' and
Montgomery County Co-opetating
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
aa^aa===== 11 ", " r-nilii. fii— 1 r. iiT-s-asaa—sbb
915 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.
REV. LLOYD CHRISTIANSEN, Pastor
Rev. Raymond Goodwin, Minister of Music
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
11 :00 a.m.—
“MORE THAN A PROPHET”
“THE DIMENSIONS P OF~"DIVINE LOVE” |1
Wednesday, Service, 7 :45 p.m.
"Our Nation Was Born Under the Influence
of Christian Faith
Tourists and Servicemen Are Specially Invited BHKIbI
to the Tabernacle Rev. Lies® ChrietlMses
CALVARY GOSPEL CHURCH
BSI3 Q STREET N.W. RET. BEN HARDIN. Minister
*> Dl and Di Buses and No. SO Streetcar Pass the Door
Sunday School, 9:45 —Classes for All Ages.
11 :00 a.m.—COMMUNION SERVICE.
7:45 p.m.—Evongelistic Service.
End That Search for a Friendly Church (Parking for All)
TDIIIITV PUIIDPU 12th end Rhode Island Ave. N.i.
I nllll I T ImUlfun Rev. Herbert A. Nunley, Pastor
9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 11 a.m., Worship. 7:30 p.m.. Young People.
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.—Prayer. Friday, 8:00 pm.—Young People.
Grace Assembly of God
413 NORTH IRVING STREET, ARLINGTON, VA.
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship Services, 11 :00 a.m. and 7:45 p.m.
LEONARD M. CAMPBELL. Paster. 4K. 7-7407
PRESBYTERIAN PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS ta.
Qift of the Presbyterians ot the South to the Nation's Capital. Ml
On the Parkway at 22nd and P Sts. N.W. Pffl
ANDREW REID BIRD. D.D.“ * JAMES O. GRAHAM, S.T.M. f ■lll
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. JR
"HITHERTO AND HENCEFORTH"
Nursery During Service
6:15 p.m.—Youth Groups.
7:45 p.m—"THIS IS GOD'S WORLD."
» CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(Organised ItSS 0 3 Assembly)
\lsth, 16th and Irving N.W.
GRAHAM GORDON LACY. Minister
Harold Reeves Tarrell, Minister es Mnsle
9:30 a.m.—Church School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship,
"FREEDOM OF WORSHIP." Dr. Lacy.
Nursery During Service
6:00 p.m.—Youth Groups.
7:30 p.m.—Community Garden Service. "ALMOST READY."
Rev. Carl Gordon Howie, Ph.D., of Sherwood Presbyterian Church.
SOUTHEAST
METROPOLITAN
4th and Independence Ave. S.E.
JAMEB CURTIS FAHL, Minister KENNETH W. FRISBIE, Orrsnlst Director
9:30 o.m.—Church School. %
11 ::00 om—"THE CHRISTIAN BASIS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY"
Rev. Franklin I. Winter, Guest Speaker
MARYLAND
DPTUVICn VI Wilson Lane and Clarendon Road
JQfj 1 nb&UA BETHESDA, MD.
“The Church That Named the Community"
JAMES S. ALBERTSON. Minister JOHN O. TAXIS, Minister es Ed.
11:00 a.m.—THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.
9:45 o.m.—Church School. 7 :Q0 p.m.—Youth Groups.
VIRGINIA
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN
- IN ARLINGTON. Iflth AND N. INGLEWOOD
(NEAR ARLINGTON HOSPITAL I
WILLIAM H. FOSTER, JR., Paster
CHARLES E. BOOK, Min. of Education HAROLD ASH, Min. of Music
Two Church Schools, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Two Identical Worship Services, 9:30 and 11:00 o.m.
"THE CHOICE IS BEFORE US." Mr. Book, Preaching.
Nursery Provided at All Services
|lrtsbt)tman. Alexandria, Ha.
(Siuco IS 11)
Corner Prince end St. Asaph Sts., Adjacent George Mason Hotel
REV. BENJAMIN A. LYNT, Minister
9:30 and II :00 o.m.—Morning Worship Services.
9:20 and 11:00 a.m.—Sunday Church School.
< 11:00 a.m.—Nursery Through Primary)
6:45 p.m.—Senior Hi Fellowship.
Church-Going Familios Aro Happier Families
(Did Presbyterian fireting ijousr
321 S. Fairfax St., Alexandria, Virginia
KENNETH G. PHIFER, Minister
9:45 o.m.—Church School, All Ages.
11:00 a m.—Church School. Nursery Through Junior Department.
11:00 g m—Sermon. "OUR AGE OF RESPONSIBILITY."
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
Lj WALLACE MEMORIAL
New Hampshire Avenue and Randolph St. N.W.
fflili DONALD C. IRWIN, D.D., Minister
JHfjn The Word es God From Pulpit and Classroom
lMfiß 9:30 a.m.—Bible School. Closses for All Ages.
11:00 o.m —"REALLY FREE."
. —Youth and Adult Groups.
8:00 p.m—"lF A MAN THIRST."
Wednesday, 8 :00 p.m.—-Midweek Prayer Service.
Wallace Memorial Chapel
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
Sixteenth Avenue and Hannon Street, West Hyattsville
(Csrsl Highlands Elcacnlary Sr heel)
DONALD C. IRWIN, D.D., Minister
9:00 o.m.—Sermon: "REALLY FREE." John #.«
10:15 o.m.—Bible School.
THE LITTLE FALLS CHURCH
IN ARLINGTON. VA.' * MM LITTLE FALLS ROAD
FRANK A. ERWIN. Minister
8:00 and 11:15 a m— "IS THIS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY."
10:00 a.m Bible School.
Your Friendly Community Church.
ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN
KWA V Grenville Drive end Sutherland Reed
ivl W A Silver Spring, Md.
REV. GLENN R. COB. Minister
•“ -r*. "to ■SSl'o'&rSSSw “““
V:SO p.m —Worship Service "THE CAPERNAUM CENTENARIAN.
Communion Rises Sol
At Cathedral Tomorrow
Washington Cathedral will
have a special. Independence
Day communion service at 11
a.m. tomorrow, with the Rev.
Luther D. Miller, canon pre
center, preaching and the Rev.
Canon Richard Williams as
celebrant. 9
Canon Williams will preach
at the 4 p.m. service.
Communion will also be cele
brated at 8 a.m. in St. Mary’s
Chapel by Canon Williams, and
at 9:30 a.m. in Bethlehem
Chapel by the Rev. Canon
Charles R. Stinnette, jr.
At 7:45 pm. in the amphi
theatre on the Cathedral
grounds, the first of a weekly
series of religious dramas, spon
sored by the Washington Fed
eration of Churches, will be
given. The first will be “Dust of
the Road,” directed by Mrs. J.
Warren Hastings. In case of
rain, the play wBl be given in
St. Alban’s "Church.
Baptists Report Progress
The East Washington Heights
Baptist Church, Branch and Ala
bama avenues S.E., has an
nounced that during Dr. Robert
S. Cooper’s five years as pastor,
membership has grown from 497
to 882. Sunday School enroll
ment has increased from 686 to
998, $63,000 has been set aside
for future building and the an
nual budget has Increased from
$17,000 to $52,000.
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Dr. Norman V. Hope
Many Churches Have
Guests in Pulpits at
Rites Tomorrow
Many Washington area
churches will hear guest speak
ers tomorrow.
Dr. Charles W. Lowry, noted
Episcopal clergyman, ' former
rector of All Saints Episcopal
Church and author of “Commu
nism and Christ,” will preach at
8:30 and 11 a.m. at the District
Heights Presbyterian Church,
7212 Gateway boulevard, District
Heights, mo.
The Rev. Raymond B. Bragg,
minister of All Souls’ Unitarian
Church, Kansas City, will preach
at 11 a.m. at All Souls Unitarian
Church, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets N.W. The service will be
the first of a summer series of
joint meetings for All Souls, the
Arlington Unitarian Churcn and
the Montgomery County Unitar
ian Church.
Dr. Hope Returns.
Dr. Norman Victor Hope,
Princeton Theological Seminary
professor, will preach at 9:30 and
11 a.m. tomorrow and next Sun
day at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth
street and New York avenue
N.W. An old friend to tne con
gregation, Dr. Hope preached
here for six months after the
death of Dr. Peter Marshall, late
pastor of the church.
The Rev. Albert Calhoun Pitt
man, a young minister who was
reared and ordained in the Na
tional Baptist Memorial Church,
Sixteenth street and Columbia
road N.W., will preach there at
8:45 and 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
S. Pittman, 3423 Ordway street
N.W.. Mr. Pittman has just been
appointed minister of the Day
ton (Ohio) First Baptist Church.
His wife is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wann, members
for many years of the church.
The Rev. Ralph K. Merker,
stated clerk and general presby
ter of the Washington City Pres
bytery, will speak at 11 a.m.
at Gunton-Temple Presbyterian
Church, Sixteenth and Newton
streets N.W.
Dr. Frederick Reissig, execu
tive director of the Washington
Federation of Churches will
preach at 11 a.ra. at Augustana
Lutheran Church, New Hamp
shire avenue and V street N.W.
Dr. Asbury Smith, district su-
• PRESBYTERIAN PRESBYTERIAN PRESBYTERIAN PRESBYTERIAN
TOe Prasbytery of Washington City WESTERN c
- P.?. RTHWES T FTK TUfiTAlIf North Capitol and Florida Ave.
1794 180 S HISTORIC iSSS it ST DVHI il U iVIW Rey || enrT g Wooding, Minister
®ljr National QUjnrrli 11:00 °VrH TH He EA> ™
Connecticut Avenue end N Street N.W. SOUTHEAST
EDWARD L. R. ELSON, D.D., Litt.D., LL.D. METDOPOI ITTAKJ ON CAPITOL HILL
9:00 ond 11 :00 o.m.—Morning Worship. fVIL I IxUIULI I AIN 4th and Independence Ave. S.E.
__ . JAMES CUETIS FAHL, Minliter KENNETH W. FRISBIE. Orsanlit Director
'LET FREEDOM RING." Dr. Elson, Preaching. 9:30 a.m.—Church School. ,
Buses N-2, L-2, Cars 40, 42 Stop in Front of the Church 11:00 o.m.—Morning Worship With Sermon.
■ Sixteenth end MARYLAND
BL MM • Kennedy Sts. N.W. C A CXk A I kICXC D Keith T. Postelthwaite, Minister
Ministers: CAj I Ivi I led I tlx 56th PI. and Randolph St., Bladensburg
Robert N. Oerter, Jr. Ned E. Richardson I 9:30 a.m.—Sunday School.
Clarence G. Shaw, Organist 8:30 ond 11:00 o.m.—Morning Worship.
Through Kindergarten. Nursery TAKOMA PARK pfe •"<• T “«r **.
9:30 a.m.—Questions That Troubla Ministers: R. Paul Schearrer, Clifton E. Olmstcad
Christians: No. 10. "HOW CAN I 930 Qn d 11 :00 o.m—"THESE WERE GIANTS." Dr. Schearrer.
GOD'S WILL?" 9:30 a.m.—Church School. 7 :00 p.m.—Youth Groups.
: P Youth and AddTGroups^ 0 " 5 ’ ‘ Oil If CD Cl)D|||f* Eastern Suburban Junior High School
Wed., 7:00 p.m.—Supper ond Bible Study. WlLVlnll Wi Mllll Old Bladensburg Rd. & Franklin Avs.
d¥Tl%lT , 2rhlV_T'l?liff®W Sixteenth and Newton rev. tract k. boyer. Minuter
®KJIe MMPie" H.mIiITM"N.W. Church School ond Divine Worship, 10:00 o.m. (Supervised Nursery)
Reverend Eric Lindsay Cowall, 8.A., 8.D., Minister UfADIIED IIEIIfIDIAI KENSINGTON, MD.
9:45 a.m.—Church School. WwMIfwEH nlETOlwlllMlc Connecticut Avs. & Washington St.
11 :00 a.m.—Guest Minister, Rev. Dr. Ralph K. Merker, WENDELL S. TREDICK, Minister
Stated Clerk ond General Presbyter, Washington City Presbytery 930 am—Sermon- "NOT SUBJECT TO BONDAGE."
Nur,frv Primary) During Service Chaplain Wayne L. Hunter.
Nero fork Anemic ijjlreabutcrtan
13th an* N,w Yarh Avanua N.W. Utstt*irl StjnhtS JJtC it it I|l C r tall
GEORGE M. DOCHERTY, D.D., Minister . _ _ f J ,
Stephen H. Pressing, Director of Music William Watkins, Organist Gateway B ®" , *;.“ r<, w a, y , FN .^ en p r /J 0 h r ,rd Av,nu *
oan A n'nn °' m ’ uiv( __ Dr. Charle* B w! Lowry. l TheolotUn, Leetnrer
9:30 ond 11 :00 o.m. WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OP »nd Author Will Be Guest Speuker. out**
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT?** (6 Years and Older). 11:00 >.m.—-Pre-ocnool Age.
Dr. Norman V. Hope, Preaching. VIRGINIA
GEORGETOWN FIRST Founded**l'?72—New ChVrTh"l 952—JA? 7-4766
3115 P Street N.W. GEORGE HILEMAN YOUNT, Minister
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN WASHINGTON ~ 9:40 a^^ m c^ hurc^ ch ° o . l _,i. i y. , ‘ r *^ v „
Founded I7SO 11:00 o.m.—Sermon: A NATION ON HER KNEES.
RUSSELL CARTWRIGHT STROUP, DP., Minister A| ADENRAN 1300 Block N. Irving St., Art., Ve.
Morning Service, 10 a.m., July and August. (Nursery During Service) VLHIIE RV V R Bev - I*®®* Steensan, Paster
"THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA" „ r-u uc u ■ ' inn c wi
R *»- J ° h " B °' le v Ke ""-' P^chi "<'- : 9:3 °n O :boVS , Worship. S^p,w7
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS Sermon: "WHAT PRAYER CAN DO FOR YOU."
Kalorama ot Columbia Road E A I D C A Y Services Held in Fairfax, Yo.,
REV. LLOYD G. BROWN, Minister r M I l\ T, M A Elementary School, Route 236
Church School, 10:00 o.m. Worship Service, 11:00 am. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. (Nursery at 11:00)
Sermon: "ONE WORLD—ONE GOD." 11:00 o.m.—Morning Worship. Dr. Braskomp, Minister in Charge.
GEORGE A. MYERS. Soloist ' GERTRUDE 8. MOCKBEE. Orsunlst J 1
t — NORTHEAST VIRGINIA
Nnrtljmmstfr Ge^ 0 EASTERN falls church
WILLIAM H. KEPLER, Minister d N 1 \ The Liohthonst on Capitol Hill ALTOS b'aLTFATHER.'d.D.*MIuI.ter
Donald L. Miller, Minister es Music ffvMh 6 JtEv\oNAL^? ry KEnH A W ° r The
9 MB 1 REV. DONALD T KEITH, Mlutatur “HE OPENED THEIR MINDS”
9:30 o.m.—Church School 7k 9:45 o.m. —Church School. child Cart During Services
___ , ~__ _ 11 -00 a m Momina Worship S:l6 u.m.—Complete Church School.
9:30 ond 1 1:00 o.m.—Service: f| 7 00 p.m—Youns People
"THE TRAGEDY OF IGNORANCE" lirwimßrar arlimgtom
7:00 p.m —Senior hellowship Meeting. IN Calumbie Pike ond So. Lincoln St.
THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAH CHURCH v «-- n.e. WST
... . CARL G. HOWIE. Ph.D. 11:00 u.m.—Morning Worship
13th and Fairmont Sts. N.W. Minister uaabvi tun
JAMES H. MEIRS, Minister B "2bAVhft o fatbSot® ***l**™:
, . Holding Forth the Word ot Life &u°rc“sch2?. Z m RIVERDALE
* S:3O s m.— Sunday School. Children and Adults. Church Nursery, 9:45-12:00 ” KiISXFnUEI
11:00 a.m.—Sermon: "THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NATIONAL STEHARDSHIT." " art a it. et . OJ
Nursery During tI.UV a.m. Service SOUTHEAST .1!.-.. ... .
Broadcast Over WWpC. 11:30 a m 4:OOp.m.—Broadcait Over WOOK ■" X—. . : .—. V'«~ W. KEITH CUSTIS, Minister
8:00 p.m —Sermon ‘TTHE ~FoStE-ORDINATION CHRIST JKSUB.” GARDEN MEMORIAL 1 a
©bruit ©baar “‘SicS*” ■ftsagfr
W. Paul MinMat Maldwya A. Daviat, AokM* Miaiata, SOUTHWEST M\A' i-1 'tfc-t 1 ' 11 .S.ST.
Jack W. Angarman, Minister es Christian Education COBltfreSS Heights r .„ nn .*. A7t . A
Harold W. Dickershaats, Minister as Musk Seath Capital sad ChesapeahaSta. N.W. mv D**hobabt xvans Minister
9:30 a.m—"THE POTTER'S WHEEL" The Rev. Mr. Davies. *« v - .>.gS? ISzMßtfkgSk
-9:30 o.m.—Church School. 7:30 pm—Youth Groups ll:06 a.m.—Moraint Wonhip. * A’urjery During service
Sermon Topics Announced
Ministers of local churches
will preach on the following
topics at the 11 a.m. service to
morrow, unless noted other
wise.
West Washington Baptist
The Rev. Walter O. Kersey on
“God Bless America.”
Congress Heights Baptist—The
Rev. Bernard H. Cochran on
“What do these Things Mean?”
at 8:30 and 11 a.m.
Chevy Chase Baptist—Dr. Ed
ward O. Clark on “What Price
Glory?”
Bethesda First Baptist The
Rev. John P. Gates on “Patriot
ism is not Enough” at 9 and 11
a.m.
Pet worth Baptist The Rev.
S. Lewis Morgan, jr., on “Heavy
Yokes and Light Ones.”
Second Baptist The Rev.
J. L. S. Holloman on “The An
them of the Cosmps.”
National City
J. Warren Hastings on “I Believe
in America” at 10:50 a.m.
Westmoreland Congregational
—The Rev. William L. Inder
strodt on “A Religious Holiday”
at 8:30 and 11 a.m.
Cleveland Park Congrega
tional—The Rev. Ronald G. -Ek
berg on “With Us in Prayer.”
Epiphany Episcopal—The Rev.
Charles D. Kean, rector, on “This
Nation Under God.”
Christ Episcopal, Washington
---The Rev. Ivan E. Merrick on
“Liberties of Old.”
* Christ Episcopal, Georgetown
—The Rev. John R. Anschutz on
“The American Debt.”
St. John’s Episcopal, Arlington
—The Rev. Innis L. Jenkins on
“Truth for Americans.”
Ascension Lutheran—The Rev*
Henry C. Schroeder on “The
Child, Opportunity and
Examples” at 11 a.m. Same ser
mon at 8:45 a.m. at Trinity
Church, Bowie, Md.
Christ Lutheran—-The Rev.
William F. Bruening on “Invis
ible Antagonisms” at 8:30 and 11
a.m.
First Trinity Lutheran The
Rev. H. B. Roepe on “Let the
Nation Declare God’s Love” at
8:30 and 11 a.m.
Trinity Lutheran Chaplain
Martin C. Pooh on “True Chris
perintendent of the Methodist
West Washington District, will
preach at 11 a.m. at Hamline
Methodist Church, Sixteenth and
Allison streets N.W.
Chaplain to Preach.
Air Force Chaplain Vernon M.
Goodhand will preach at 10:50
a.m. at the Columbia Heights
Christian Church, 1435 Park
road N.W.
The Rev. William Harrison,
director of the Arlington Animal
Welfare League, will preach at
9r30 a.m. at the Rock Spring
Congregational Church, Rock
Spring and Little Falls roads,
Arlington.
The Rev. Walter H. Barringer,
pastor of the Laurel Grove Bap
tist Church, near Alexandria,
will preach at 11 a.m. at the
Third Baptist Church, Fifth and
Q streets N.W.
The Rev. Ben Lynes, pastor
of Manly Baptist Church, Lex
ington, Va., will preach at 8
p.m. at the first of a summer
tian Patriotism” at 8:30 and 11
am. at the church and at 9:45
a.m. at the school.
Georgetown Lutheran The
Rev. Harold E. Beatty on “Our
Burden Wearer.”
St. Peter’s Lutheran The
Rev. Donald F. Brake on “The
Divine Dictator” at 8:45 and 11
am.
Zion Lutheran —The Rev. Ed
ward R. Bley on “The Need for
Morality” at 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Wesley Methodist—The Rev.
Klein K. Haddaway on “The Re
lation of God to Man in History”
at 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Foundry Methodist— Dr. Fred
erick Brqwn Harris on “A Dec
laration of. Independence,” his
last sermon until after Labor
Day. 1
Union Methodist The Rev.
Edward B. Lewis on “Lost in Red
Tape.”
Anacestia Methodist— The Rev.
W. Kenneth Lyons will adminis
ter communion at 11 a.m.
Ebenezer Methodist— The Rev.
Richard H. Johnson on “Modern
Messages from the Prophets:
Daniel."
Bethesda Methodist— The Rev.
Marion S. Michael on “A Dec
laration of Independence,” at
9:30 and 11 am.
Sixth Presbyterian —The Rev.
Robert N. Oerter, Jr., on “How
Can I Know God’s Will?” at
9:30 a.m.
Northminster Presbyterian
The Rev. William H. Kepler on
“The Tragedy of Innocence,” at
9:30 and 11 am.
Sherwood Presbyterian Dr.
Carl G. Howie on the prophet
Jeremiah at 8:50 and 11 a.m.
Hermon Presbyterian Chap
lain Willis Bergen on “Our Fa
ther’s God to Thee.”
Trinity Presbyterian —The Rev.
Charles E. Book on “The Choice
Before Us,” at 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Mount Vernon Presbyterian—
The Rev. E. K. Brown will give a
communion meditation at 10 a.m.
Old Presbyterian Meeting
House —The Rev. Kenneth G.
Phifer on “Our Age of Responsi
bility.”
Boyds (Md.) Presbyterian
The Rev. James Patterson Kerr
will give a communion sermon.
series of evening union services
on the Leesburg (Va.) Court
House lawn.
William H. M. Stover, presi
dent of the Dale Carnegie Lead
ership Training Institute in
Washington, will speak on “The
Greatest Salesman Ever Known,
Jesus of Nazareth,” at 9 a.m. at
the International Crossroads
Breakfast at the YMCA, 1736 G
street N.W.
Gospel Camp Meeting
Open Near Manassas
An old-fashioned Gospel Camp
Meeting is in progress through
next Thursday at the Church of
God camp grounds two miles
west of Manassas, Va., on Route
234.
Preaching throughout the day
is described as “non-denomina
tional and' non-pentecostal, but
strictly Biblical.” Campers are
provided meals and lodging on
a free offering plan.
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A NEW CAREER AT 70—The Rev. Rolla P. Currie started
all over again at 70 when he became an Episcopal Priest. He
is now curate emeritus of St. Stephen and the Incarnation
Episcopal Church. —Star Staff Photo.
New Priest, Ordained at 70,
Achieves Goal of Lifetime
By Ray Kaltwasser
The Rev. Rolla P. Currie
leaned back, smiled and tried to
explain why he waited 70 years
to become an Episcopal priest.
“All of my life I wanted to go
into the church,” he began.
“I grew up to love animals,
especially birds.” That was in a
little lowa town on the Mis
sissippi and then in the plains
of North Dakota.”
Those were the days of the
fiercely religious fundamental
ists. His father and his uncle
both Episcopal priests, hated
Darwinism.
“Show me a monkey change
into a man,” his uncle would
mock, “and then will I believe
in your ‘evolution.’”
Interested in Nature.
But every day young Rolla
saw things just as miraculous.
He studied the birds and the
animals in the grasslands around
Grand Forks and came to believe
in natural selection.
Then, as the church gradually
began to adapt itself to evolu
tion, Father Currie went on. an
other more tragic barrier to
priesthood arose.
His father drowned in a swift
river trying to save his daughter.
The Currie family was poor now
and young Rolla, just out of col
lege, struck out into the world.
That was in 1893, the year of :
the great Chicago World’s Fair.
Rolla, then 18, got a job as a i
clerk cataloging exhibits lor the
Government. This led to Wash
ington where the assignment
ended and he found himself job
less.
Rolla spent his days visiting
the Bird Division of the National
Museum and on the sabbath
teaching Sunday school in a
colored mission at Fifth and W
streets N.W.
Becomes Entomologist.
He got a job soon enough, as
! an aide in the museum’s insect
division. But he got married and,
with a growing family, the
dream of priesthood slowly
ebbed.
The years passed. In 1924
Rolla Currie’s wife died, his son
! and daughter were growing up.
| He was now in charge of the
I editorial office of the Bureau of
j Entomology at the Agriculture
Department, and an expert on
the ant lion fly and the dragon
fly.
“I thought a lot about that as
; time passed,” he mused. “I
thought that when I retired they
might make me honorary custo
ian of the dragonfly division.’”
In 1944, one year before re
tirement, at 69, he took the big
step and was accepted as a dea
con in the Episcopal Church.
Two years later, after study in
the Episcopal seminary in Alex
andria, The Rt. Rev. Angus Dun,
bishop of Washington, ordained
him a priest.
The Rev, Currie is now the
curate emeritus of St. Stephen
and the Incarnation Episcopal
Church. He is still active in the
church.
At its commencement last
month. North Dakota’s Wesley
College awarded Father Currie
i an Honorary Doctorate of Div
| inity for being “all his life inter
ested and active in the Christian
! movement.”
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES
AND READING ROOMS IN
GREATER WASHINGTON
Branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
SUBJECT OF LESSON-SERMON, JULY 4, 1954
"GOD"
Golden Text: Reveletion 15:4. Who shell not leer thee, O Lord, and
glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all netioni shell come
end worship before thee.
~ CHURCHES .
Washington, D. C. Virginia
FIRST CHURCH FIRST CHURCH—Alexandria
Columbia Rd. & Euclid St. N.W. 1709 Russell Road
SECOND CHURCH FIRST CHURCH—Arlington
3160 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. 6843 Little Foils Rd.
THIRD CHURCH SECOND CHURCH—Arlington
13th and L Sts. N.W. 3101 Arlington Blvd. ot No.
FOURTH CHURCH Highland St.
3505 16th St. N.W. SOClETY—Fairfax
FIFTH CHURCH Town Hall
1238 31st St. N.W. .. , .
SIXTH CHURCH Maryland
Hurst Hall, American Unl- FIRST CHURCH—Chevy Chase
versify. Moss. & Nebr. Aves. 7901 Conn. Ave.
N.W. (Enter Hannay Gate). FIRST CHURCH—Hyattsville
SEVENTH CHURCH 6221 43rd Ave.
1302 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. FIRST CHURCH—SiIver Spring
EIGHTH CHURCH Flower Theoter, Sun.
22nd Ft Jackson ot R. I. N.E. 8722 Flower Ave., Wed.
HOURS OF SERVICE
Sunday Morning Church Services ond Sunday School ot 11.
Sunday Evening Services in First Church, Washington, at 8.
Wednesday Evening Meetings ot 8 Include Testimonies of Healing!
First Church, Arlington, ond First Church, Hyottsville, ot 8:15;
Foirfox Society, First Wednesday Each Month.
READING ROOMS
Washington, D. C. Virginia
1532 Connecticut Avenue N.W. 108 N. Patrick St., Alexandria
14th & G Sts. N.W. (Colo. Bldg.) 6835 Little Falls Rd., Arlington .
14th & Pork Rd. N.W. 1108 N. Irving St., Arlington
(Riggs Bldg.)
2315 Wisconsin Avenue N.W. Maryland
1302 Rhode Island Avenue N.W. 7901 Conn. Ave., Chevy Chose
1601 Eye Street N.W. 6221 43rd Avenue, Hyottsville
(Christian Science Bldg.) 8616 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring
All Are Cordially Invited to Attend the Services md to Visit
the Reading Rooms
Radio Programs: Sun., WARL 8:45 A.M.; WMAL 9:15 AM.
Fri., WRC 9:45 A.M.
Kenilworth Merges
With Eastminster
Presbyterian
Washington will lose a church
to Maryland tomorrow, when
Kenilworth Presbyterian, 1820
Kenilworth avenue N.E.. merges
with Eastminster Presbyterian,
5601 Randolph street, Bladens
burg, Md. i<*
The Washington church Is
being trampled by the city’s
inexorable growth. It must come
down to make room for the
widening of Kenilworth avenue,
part of the Baltimore-Washing
ton parkway.
The Kenilworth congregation,
led by their pastor, the Rev.
William Nethery, will form a
motorcade to Eastminster to
morrow morning, arriving for the
9:45 o’clock Sunday school serv
ice. They will march into the
Bladensburg church carrying the
church flag and the pulpit Bible
and singing a hymn. Members
of the Eastminster congregation
will receive them at the door.
Both congregations are mem
bers of the Presbyterian Church
U. S. A. (Northern).
At the welcoming service, the
Rev. Keith T. POstleth waite,
Eastminster’s pastor, and Robert
Knorr, Bladensburg Sunday
School superintendent, will
speak.
Mr. Nethery will preach on
“The Parishioner’s Place in the
Work of the Church” at the 11
a.m. worship service.
The Kenilworth church was
founded in 1910. Its present
brick structure, which will have
to be razed for the new road, was
completed only 11 years ago.
The congregation voted unani
mously for the merger, which
will bring all resources. Including
sale of the property, to East
minster.
Eastminster has erected the
first building of a three-unit
church and plans to begin the
second section soon. In use is
a small sanctuary and a base
ment social hall. An educational
unit and finally a large sanctu
ary will complete the building
program.
Billy Graham, Nixon
Slated at Convention
Plans have been made for the
appearance of Evangelist Billy
Graham and Vice President
Nixon at the World’s Christian
Endeavor convention here July
24-28.
More than 30,000 persons are
expected to hear the famous
evangelist make his first report
in America on his recent cam
paign in England and on the con
tinent at 3:30 p.m. on July 25
at the Sylvan Theater on the
Washington Monument grounds.
Vice President Nixon will
speak at an evening session of
the convention on July 26 in
the Mayflower Hotel. The White
House has also announced that
President Eisenhower will attend
the Billy Graham meeting if his
schedule permits.
More than 1,000 young people
and Christian youth leaders will
attend the convention. Chair
man of the Convention Commit
tee is Merritt L. Smith.
Shirkey Silver Wedding
Dr. Albert P. Shirkey, pastor
of Mount Vernon Place Method
ist Church, and his wife cele
brated their 25th wedding anni
versary last Sunday at a church
reception in their honor. The
official board of the church pre
sented the couple with a silver
candelabra.
Baptist Women's Party
/About 400 women and girls
are expected to attend the
annual house party of the
Woman’s Baptist Missionary As
sociation of the District at Hood
College, Frederick, Md., Friday
through next Sunday. The
theme of the meeting is “Ws
Will Walk in His Path.”